IC Inbox (Cerealia)

[timepatroller]

YOU HAVE REACHED THE VOICE MAIL BOX OF:

TIME PATROLLER TRUNKS BRIEFS

TO LEAVE A MESSAGE, PRESS ONE. FOR SPANISH, PRESS 2. FOR MORE OPTIONS, STAY ON THE LINE, OR PRESS POUND.

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[timepatroller]

Oh, uh-- alright. I've been busy getting established so I forgot to-- ... I'll come see her soon.

[A moment's hesitation.]

... Are you, uh, getting settled in alright too, Father? As much as possible?

[bigbingoattack]

Good. [Vegeta will definitely be there when the time comes, standing in a shadowy corner and staring like the creep he is.]

We aren't settling. We won't be staying. There's no need to get comfortable here. [Just don't ask how he plans on leaving. Still working on that plan.]

[timepatroller]

... I will be. [His voice trembles a little bit. STANDING UP TO VEGETA IS HARD OK]

I have a duty to protect- well, everything. ... No offense, or anything. I just need to be where I'm needed most at any time.

[bigbingoattack]

[It's difficult to gauge whether a video call would have been less or more intimidating in this situation. Somehow, the long stretch of silence on Vegeta's end is just a bit scarier without being paired with that usual, grumpy glare.

It's possible there's a tinge of pride towards his ridiculously heroic son, though it's hard to tell with how little his even tone changes.]

You misunderstand me. We won't be settling because I will blast our enemies to bits before there is any need. They won't be prepared. [A pause.] ...For either of us. If you really are so set on fighting.

[timepatroller]

[Sorry, dad. He normally would believe you'd do the right thing like that! ... He's just been dealing with a lot of earlier, shittier versions of you lately, you understand.]

... Heh. I should have known.

Yeah, I am. [He pauses.] ... I think I can keep up with you a little better than I did during the Cell Games. Maybe I'll surprise you.

[bigbingoattack]

We'll see. [Surpassing Kakarot, even if it had been but for a single fleeting moment, has certainly boosted that already inflated ego of his even further than ever before. As far as Vegeta is concerned, the Trunks he'd known before wouldn't stand a chance.

....Though that doesn't mean the man wouldn't want to see to it that his son's skills improve under his strict teaching.]

Perhaps when you finish speaking to your mother, we can put that to the test.

[timepatroller]

Heh. It's been a lot longer for you than it has been for me, so you're probably still a million miles ahead of me... [If only barely. Trunks hasn't surpassed Goku yet, not the latest possible Goku he's seen, at least. Except for that weird one with the hairy chest and the tail. That one anyone can surpass.]

But you know I'd never turn that down. That's the best path there is to getting even stronger.

[bigbingoattack]

It's settled. We both expect to see you soon.

[timepatroller]

Right. I'll be around as soon as I can. [No need to ask for directions. He'll just find the smoking crater.

Or, you know, use his ki sense.

Either one is just as likely to work.]